<?php 
global $options;
foreach ($options as $value) {
if (get_settings( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { $$value['id'] = $value['std']; } else { $$value['id'] = get_settings( $value['id'] ); } }
      ?>
<div id="maintop">
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query("cat=$ultra_cat&showposts=3"); 
         while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
   ?>
<?php $thumb = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image', $single = true); ?>
<?php 
if($thumb !== '') { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo $thumb; ?>&amp;h=180&amp;w=193&amp;q=70&amp;zc=1" alt="<?php if($thumb_alt !== '') { echo $thumb_alt; } else { echo the_title(); } ?>" class="img-left2" /></a>
<?php }
else { echo ''; } ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>
</div><!--maintop-->